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<h2 id="article-title">The State of Mining in Goa</h2>
<h4><span>by</span> the Goa Foundation</h4>
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<p class="lead">The Goa’s Foundation’s legal work on mining, stretching 20 years – from 1992 – culminated in a comprehensive Article 32 writ petition filed by it in the Supreme Court of India. The Foundation based its petition on the findings of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Enquiry into Illegal Mining in Goa.</p>
<p>The petition (No.435/2012) led to the Supreme Court passing its famous order of 5th October 2012 disallowing the re-start of any mining activities in Goa and injuncting anyone in the State trading or transporting mineral ores. The order also directed the Central Empowered Committee to examine the various findings of the Justice Shah Commission and make recommendations. </p>
<p>For the first time since mining leases were handed out by the Portuguese in the last century, mining in Goa was brought to an abrupt end, suspending more than a decade of senseless extraction and looting which irreversibly brutalised the natural environment, destroyed the peace of village communities and damaged public health. The statutory authorities, Ministers, MLAs and other public bodies turned a blind eye or participated in the plunder and assault. </p>
<p>The three-judge Green Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik passed an unprecedented judgement on the petition’s pleadings on 21.4.2014. The Court ruled all mining activity post 2007 illegal in the State.</p>
<p>This page documents some of the Foundation’s legal and other work on mining in Goa.</p>
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<h3>Supreme Court Petition</h3>
<p>Documents relating to Writ Petition No.435/2012 filed by the Goa Foundation in September 2012 in the Supreme Court of India under Article 32 of the Constitution. The petition was heard finally across three months from September to November 2013 by the Green Bench comprising Justice A.K. Patnaik, Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla. Judgement was reserved pending submission of expert committee reports. It was delivered on 21.4.2014.</p>
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<h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/pil.435.2012.pdf">PIL 435/2012 (PDF)</a></h5>
<span>This is the text of the main writ petition on Goa mining and its perverse environmental impacts, filed incorporating several of the findings of the Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry into Illegal Mining in Goa.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5954063/Goa%20Govt%20Reply.pdf">Goa Govt Reply (35MB PDF)</a></h5>
<span>The Goa government filed a detailed response to the main challenges raised in the writ petition.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5954063/MoEF%20Reply.pdf">MoEF Reply 1 (5.5MB PDF)</a></h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/MOEF2.pdf">MOEF Reply 2 (3MB PDF)</a></h5>
<span>The Ministry of Environment & Forests filed two affidavits on the charges set out in the writ petition. The affidavits did not rebut any of the charges raised.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/Ministry-of-Mines-Aff.pdf">Ministry of Mines Reply</a></h5>
<span>The Ministry of Mines filed a formal counter, denying most of the averments made in the petition.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/rejoinder-goa-foundation-25.2.2013.pdf">Rejoinder Goa Foundation 25.2.2013.pdf (PDF)</a></h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/Goa-govt-sur-rejoinder.pdf">Goa Govt. Sur Rejoinder</a></h5>
<span>The Goa Foundation, writ petitioner, filed a detailed rejoinder to the counter affidavit of the Goa government. The Goa government filed a sur-rejoinder.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/Addl-Aff-435.pdf">Goa Foundation Additional Affidavit July 2013</a> • (<a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/goa-foundation-additional-affidavit-annexures.pdf">Annexures</a>)</h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/Goa%20Foundation%20Written%20Submissions.pdf">Goa Foundation Written Submission</a></h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/Goa%20Foundation%20Rejoinder.pdf">Goa Foundation Rejoinder Submission (PDF)</a></h5>
<span>Additional affidavits and written submissions filed by the Goa Foundation in the matter.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/Goa%20govt%20affidavit%209.11.2013.pdf">Goa Foundation affidavit dated 9.11.2013<</a>/h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/CEC%20Submissions%2031.10.2013.pdf">CEC Submissions 31.10.2013 (PDF 6.6MB)</a></h5>
<span>Copy of the written submissions made by the CEC during the hearings.</span>
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<h4>Shah Commission Report documents</h4>
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<h5><a href="http://mines.nic.in/writereaddata/Contentlinks/4856ac3aa5a443afbea773e7955492ee.zip">Shah Commission Report Part 1 </a>/ <a href="http://mines.gov.in/Shah/Shah%20Part%20II.zip">Part 2 </a>(Zip)</h5>
<span>The report of the Shah Commission in two parts. The third part is yet to be placed on the table of Parliament and copy released to the public.</span>
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<div class="unit"><h4>Central Empowered Committee documents</h4>
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<li><h5><a href="http://www.goachronicle.com/goa/expose/19744-gc-leaks-govt-letter-central-empowered-committee-cec">Letter of Chief Secretary, Goa, to CEC</a></h5>
<span>The Chief Secretary, Goa government, made a detailed written representation to the Central Empowered Committee.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Report-of-CEC-in-illegal-mining-in-Goa.pdf">Report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) (PDF)</a></h5>
<span>The Central Empowered Committee visited Goa, conducted a public hearing with stakeholders including petitioner and thereafter filed its report in 5 volumes on 7.12.2012</span>
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<div class="unit"><h4>Supreme Court’s Orders in WP No.435/2012</h4>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/supreme-court-orders-updated.zip">Supreme Court Orders in Writ Petition No. 435/2012 (Zip)</a></h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/2014-04-21%20-%20SC%20Judgement%20-%20WP%20435%20of%202012%20-%20GF%20in%20Goa%20mining%20case.pdf">SC Judgement - WP 435 of 2012 - GF in Goa mining case (2014-04-21) (PDF)</a></h5></li>
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<div class="unit"><h4>Other Reports</h4>
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<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/EAC_on_Goa_Mines.pdf">MOEF Expert Appraisal Committee on Goa Mines</a></h5>
<span>Notification setting up the Vishwanath Anand Expert Appraisal Committee on Environment Clearances issued for mining in Goa.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/EAC%20Decision%20on%20ECs%20for%20Goa%20Mines.pdf">EAC Decision on ECs for Goa Mines (PDF</a>)</h5>
<span>Principal findings of the Vishwanath Anand Expert Appraisal Committee. </span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/Intergenerational%20Equity%20Report.pdf">Report of Supreme Court Committee on Intergenerational Equity 3.7MB PDF</a></h5>
<span>The “Interim” Report of the 6-member Expert Committee on Intergenerational Equity appointed by the Supreme Court during the hearing of the petition.</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/E%20Auction%20Report.pdf">Report of the Supreme Court Committee on E-Auctions in Goa PDF</a></h5>
<span>The “Interim” Report of the 3-member Expert Committee on E-Auction of Ore, appointed by the Supreme Court during the hearing of the petition</span>
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<li><h5><a href="http://hash-cookies.s3.amazonaws.com/CEC%20buffer%20zones%20report%2020.9.2012.pdf">CEC Report on Buffer Zones 20.09.2012</a></h5></li>
<li><h5><a href="http://goafoundation.org/mining/files/CEC_Supplementary_Report_on_Buffer_Zones_18.1.2013.pdf">CEC Supplementary Report on Buffer Zones 18.1.2013</a></h5></li>
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<h3>Post judgement</h3>
<p>The Supreme Court has decided not to dispose of the matters relating to WP No.435/2012 since the expert committee reports were “interim” in nature. It has therefore extended the tenure of the Expert Committee on Intergenerational Equity for a full year. It has also extended the tenure of the Expert Committee tasked with e-auction of ore stacks on or off Goa leases for a further period of six months. After the reports are filed, the matter will be listed for further orders.</p>
<p>In the meanwhile, the Goa Foundation has been assisting the authorities with the required information on several issues arising from the judgement. The Goa Foundation has also submitted documents on the value of illegal mining and on the Goenchi Mati Permanent Fund. These documents – and more, as they are prepared and submitted – will be posted in this section.</p>
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<li>Letter of GF to Chief Secretary on value of ore illegally mined from 22.11.2007</li>
<li>Letter of GF to Manohar Parrikar, CM, Goa, on Goenchi Mati Permanent Fund</li>
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<p>For more updates on the matter, follow <a href="http://facebook.com/GoaFoundation">Goa Foundation on Facebook</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://goafoundation.org/press-releases/press-note-on-illegal-mining-and-exports-from-goa/">Press Note On Illegal Mining And Exports From Goa: 43% Of Ore Exported In 2010-2011 Was Illegally Extracted (12.1.2012)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://goafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/GF-on-Mining-Policy.pdf">Goa Foundation With Others Releases Suggestions On Draft Goa Mining Policy 2012 <span>(PDF)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://goafoundation.org/press-releases/goa-foundation-condemns-reopening-of-jairam-neogi-mine-by-dinar-tarcar-at-caurem/">Goa Foundation Condemns Reopening Of Jairam Neogi Mine By Dinar Tarcar At Caurem</a></li>
<li><a href="http://goafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Press-Release-Mining.pdf">Illegal Mining Crisis Created By Mine Owners And Mining Companies: Only They Should Be Held Accountable For The Consequences Of Closure (23 November 2011) <span>(PDF)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://goafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/GOA-POLLUTION-CONTROL-BOARD-ISSUES-SHOW-CAUSE-TO-43-MINES-FOR-CLOSURE.pdf">Goa Pollution Control Board Issues Show Cause To 45 Mines For Suspension Of Mining Operations <span>(PDF)</span></a></li>
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<p><strong>Goa: Sweet Land of Mine</strong> is a severe critique in colour of the deadly damage being caused by iron ore mining companies to Goa’s forests, wildlife, biodiversity and the ecologically sensitive region of the Western Ghats – one of the plant’s twelve most important ecological hotspots. The occasion for the book is the recent spate of ‘environment clearances’ granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for such mining leases in Goa. More than 70 such clearances have been issued to more than 70 mining leases without site inspections or listening to villagers affected by mining operations. Iron ore mining is a major threat to Goa’s very existence. Get the book and see how you can help if you are one of those who love Goa and do not want it to die.</p>
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